Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1887-09-16
A Chapter Of Horrors.

18i2-May &, IS passengers burned 10
death near Belleyille, France.
lS53-May q, As persons killed, so injured
at open drawbrdgc, Norwalk, Conn.
1s54-Oct. "a, 40 pa sengers killed on the
Great Western in Canada.
1s56-July II, 81 persons, mostly child
rem, burned and 100 injured on the
North Pennsylvania railroad.
1S57-March II, 90 persons killed on
Great Western OF Canada at Des
Jardine canal.
lS57-June %, / / killed and 100 injured
near Lewisham, England.
1s59-June 81, 80 persons killed and forty
wounded by washOut on Michigan
Southern, near South Bend, Ind.
1S59-Aug. 2, 80 persons killed on Albany,
Vermont * Canada railroad in
TOmanhock Creek.
lS59-Dec. 81, IA persons killed at
bridge near Columbus, Ga,
1s6l-Aug. 20, % persons killed, l0J in
iured at Croydon Tunnel, near Lon
don, England
ls62-Oct. Is, - persons killed, 60 inJur-
ed, near Winchburg, Scotland.
lS62-July -, 80 persons killed, 80 I'M ur-
ed, on the Erie road near Port Jar
Wis.
1sG7-Dec. 1S. 40 persons burned to death
near Angola Lake Shore; Dec. II,
lives lost at lIanlan Bridge, Yer
mont Central railroad.
1S6s-April II, 26 persons killed, 60 in
jured, at Cars Rock, near Port
Jarvis.
1s6S-Aug. 30, 33 persons burned at Aber-
gale. North Wales.
lS6s-Aug. 20, II persons killed, 90 in
jured, on Northwestern Railway of
Bohemia.
lsG9-July II, 10 persons burned at Mast
Hope, y. y. on Erie road.
1s7l-July 3, - persons Killed. 20 injur-
ed, at lIarpeth River, Tenn.
ls7l-Aug. 20, 80 persons killed, 30 in
jured, by collision at Revere, near
Boston, Mass
lS7l-Feb. ., - lives lost 10y the burning
of an oil train at New Hamburg,
y. y.
1S72-Dec. n, 70 killed by rain falling
into a rayine at Norwich England.
lS14-Sept. 10, ~ k He'd. 40 wounded, 10y
collision at Ship,on, England.
lS74-Sept. 20, - drowned by train
plunging in 0 the CherWell River,
England
1S76-.Ian. i, l3 killed by collision on
the Great Northern Railway, Eng
land.
1s76-Sept., 20 % killed 10y accident at
Black Lick Station, Pa
lo7G-i &c. 2S. over 100 lives lost by the
disaster at Ashtabula.
lo10-i)ec. -, 200 drowned by a train
breaking through the Tay bridge,
Scotland.
lSol-March !, 40 EN- grants killed in col
liSiOn at Macon. No. Wrecking
train proceeding to scene was ditch
ed and nine persons killed.
loe2-Jan. IL, collision on the Hudson
River railroad near Spuyten Duyvil
eight lives lost, includ ne Senator
Webster Wagner.
leS2-Mal eli 80. loss Of SO lives by rail
road accident on the Cincinnati
Southern railroad near Mason's
Station, Dune %, - Cinnamon
killed by an accident on the North
ern Pacific railroad in Montana. -
July -, accident on the Rome.
WatertOwn " OgdenSburg road at
Carlyon; 23 persons killed; over 40
injured. Nov. 29, / : persons killed
at ST. Men, France.
lSSi-Jan. ?, % persons killed by a rail-
road collision near Toronto. May
collision near COnnellevilie. Penn,
II lives lost.-June 6, ii persons
killed by an accident on the Mis-
souri, Pacific near Mineola. June
Il, II persons killed by a disaster
at New Lardo, y. M.-.June rs.
train falls through bridge near
Cunningham, Mo-. 20 persons
killed or wounded. July Ii, acct
dent on the Manchester X Sheffield
railway, England; % lives lost
Nov. II, - persons perish in a COLI
sion at Hanau. Austr
1sS5-Jan. 80, railroad disaster near Sid
ney. y. :. W; 80 persons killed.
June :, train derailed by robbers
near Raslotf, Russia; 20 persons
killed and wounded. Oct. Is, col
lision between three Pennsylvania
railroad trains near Jersey City: IL
persons killed. Dec. ,. coliSi on
near Austen, Ga; II lives lost.
1ss6-Jan. -, train wrecked at Naldivia,
Peru; 30 soldiers perish. March
10. collision between Monte Carlo
and Mentone, Italy 20 persons kill
ed. Sept. H. collision on the
"Nickel Plate" road near Buffalo:
23 lives lost. Oct %. disaster near
Rio, Wis: Is passengers burned TO
death, Nov ,, train wrecked near
Nikoaiev and Odessa. Russia; 40
soldiers killed. Dec. -, collision
at Charkow, Russia: Is persons
perish.
1ss7-Jan. 1, collision near THIN, o.: 20
lives lost.-feb. ;, part of train
plunged through a bridge over
White River. near Woodstock, VI,
IS persons kiled.-March II,
train fell through the ''tin bridge,
on the outskirts of Boston: 80 per-
sons killed.-May i, collision on the
Atlantic Il Pacific railroad i'm New
Mexico, 10 lives ost.-.luly -.
collision between IA passenger train
and an oil train at IT. Thomas.
Ont; l2 persons killed. July II,
an express train on the Erie railroad
plunged into company of Italian
laborers near Hoboken. y. j.; -
men killed or fatally wounded.
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